A range of projects under the Belt and Road Initiative is improving people's livelihoods across Africa, ostensibly helping countries there realize sustainable development. A BRI project completed in Nigeria in the past year was the Lekki Deep Sea Port at the heart of the Lagos Free Zone. The port, designed to handle 2.7 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units of cargo annually, is expected to start commercial operations later this month. It will be one of the most modern ports in West Africa and is expected to greatly ease the bottleneck in international trade for Africa's largest economy. The port is expected to create nearly 170,000 jobs and generate revenue of $361 billion over the next 45 years.
In August, Kenya exported 45 tons of avocados to China after the latter opened its market to fresh Kenyan fruit in March. By October, Kenya had exported $57 million worth of avocados to China, according to the Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency.
Tanzania is also expected to start exporting avocados to China after the two countries signed a protocol on sanitary and phytosanitary — relating to plant health, especially regarding international trade — procedures in November.
Source: chinadaily.com.cn
